Countries
Vietnam
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
1593
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Vietnamese and Tagalog Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Vietnamese and Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Tagalog language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Tagalog Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Vietnamese and Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.